Music

R. Wesley Carr may be a new name as a bluegrass recording artist, but he has already dedicated many years of his life to the music. Growing up in Chicago, he experienced the rich cultural life of the city, but always

Mountain Fever Records has a new single coming tomorrow from Jackson Hollow, an experienced Canadian bluegrass band based in Vancouver. They are offering our readers a sneak preview this afternoon here at Bluegrass Today. Jackson Hollow is based around the talents

Turnberry Records has released a first single from Chad Darou in advance of Susquehanna Line, their full-length project with the veteran bluegrass songwriter and multi-instrumentalist next year. Known these days primarily for his reso-guitar work, Chad has also played as a professional

The Stanley Brothers, from Dickenson County, Virginia, formed their band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, in the month of November 1946. Carter played guitar and sang lead, while Ralph played banjo and sang with what was then a timorous high tenor

Barry Waldrep, banjo picker, songwriter, and producer from Alabama, looks to be the first out of the gate with a Tony Rice tribute album since we lost the bluegrass icon last December. He has assembled a large cast of artists

Wayne Miller, banjo picker from Asheboro, NC, died on October 21, 2021, after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 72. Starting in the late 1970s, Miller played in a band called the Randolph Express (named after the North Carolina

Jamgrass heroes Yonder Mountain String Band have announced plans to re-release their second album, Town By Town, in a special 20th Anniversary edition on 180g vinyl. The record features the band's founding lineup of Adam Aijala, Ben Kaufmann, Dave Johnston, and

Tomorrow is the release date for Something Sour, Something Sweet from Grain Thief, a Boston-based group that blurs boundaries between old time and bluegrass music. They have agreed to let our readers have an early listen this afternoon of one

Trinity River Band, the bluegrass Harris family group from Callahan, FL, has officially called it quits after playing their final show last Friday, October 22, at the Northeast Florida Agriculture Fair near their home base. The entire family had earned their

After fifteen years of touring with her beloved Hot Band, Emmylou Harris formed the Nash Ramblers, a new acoustic all-star group, in 1990, featuring Sam Bush (vocals, mandolin, and fiddle), the iconic Roy Huskey Jr. (bass), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al